Oil & gas wells in Marion County, WV
2,609 catalogued wells in Marion County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Marion County, West Virginia has 2,609 catalogued oil & gas wells: 859 active (33%), 1,084 plugged & abandoned (42%) and 336 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,609
Active
859
Plugged
1,084
Documented orphans
336
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Marion County?
33% of Marion County's wells are active, 18 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 42% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 336 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 330 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Marion County?
By product class, 50 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 1,179 (45%) gas wells and 36 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Marion County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Marion County has the 19th-most catalogued wells of the 50 West Virginia counties with at least 25. The median West Virginia county on WellCensus has 2,037 wells. The largest, Ritchie County, has 10,708. By documented orphans it ranks 17th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Marion County?
109 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Marion County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Marion County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton, Mary J. 139 | 47-049-00004 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Metz, Ruth & Thomas, J.O. 1 | 47-049-00011 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Straight, Bessie 1 | 47-049-00019 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hawkinberry, Laura E. M-121 | 47-049-00023 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stewart, A. P. 3 | 47-049-00030 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Metz, Ruth/Thomas, J. O. 2 | 47-049-00037 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Satterfield, J. T. 3 | 47-049-00039 | Orphaned | Other type | West Virginia Land Resources, Inc. |
| Harris, M. W. 1 | 47-049-00048 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ash Heirs 1 | 47-049-00050 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Talkington, J. T. 1 | 47-049-00054 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Kuhn, Z. J. 1 | 47-049-00063 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Richardson, W. P., Et Al 1 | 47-049-00065 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Toothman, W. D. 2 | 47-049-00086 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Morgan, C. C. 1 | 47-049-00087 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Barrackman, Alcinda 1 | 47-049-00090 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Carpenter, Denzel E. 1 | 47-049-00095 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Finch, R. R. 1 | 47-049-00100 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Moore, Emma 1 | 47-049-00114 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Pride, J S & R C 1 | 47-049-00128 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Bucklew, N. E. 2 | 47-049-00136 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Kuhn, Ozias 1 | 47-049-00148 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Vincent, R. Glen 1 | 47-049-00150 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Hawkins, Henry E. 1 | 47-049-00151 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Rutherford, Nina Pearl 1-Sr-2 | 47-049-00161 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Meredith, J. Harper 1 | 47-049-00162 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,609 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Marion County, WV?
Marion County, West Virginia has 2,609 catalogued oil & gas wells: 859 active, 1,084 plugged and 336 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Marion County?
336 wells in Marion County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 17th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Marion County are plugged?
1,084 of Marion County's 2,609 catalogued wells (42%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 22% across West Virginia.
Which West Virginia county has the most oil and gas wells?
Ritchie County has the most catalogued wells of any West Virginia county on WellCensus (10,708); Marion County ranks 19th with 2,609.
How many companies operate wells in Marion County?
109 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Marion County, West Virginia.
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About this data
Source: West Virginia DEP Office of Oil & Gas well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Marion County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/marion (data as of October 10, 2026).